CVE-2026-33976

Notesnook vulnerable to RCE via stored XSS in Web Clipper rendering

Published Mar 27, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.7 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Notesnook is a note-taking app. Prior to version 3.3.11 on Web/Desktop and 3.3.17 on Android/iOS, a stored XSS in the Web Clipper rendering flow can be escalated to remote code execution in the desktop app. The root cause is that the clipper preserves attacker-controlled attributes from the source page’s root element and stores them inside web-clip HTML. When the clip is later opened, Notesnook renders that HTML into a same-origin, unsandboxed iframe using `contentDocument.write(...)`. Event-handler attributes such as `onload`, `onclick`, or `onmouseover` execute in the Notesnook origin. In the desktop app, this becomes RCE because Electron is configured with `nodeIntegration: true` and `contextIsolation: false`. Version 3.3.11 Web/Desktop and 3.3.17 on Android/iOS patch the issue.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Streetwriters notesnook Desktop
Streetwriters notesnook Mobile
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:streetwriters:notesnook_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:streetwriters:notesnook_mobile:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:streetwriters:notesnook_mobile:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*
Vendors & Products Streetwriters notesnook Desktop
Streetwriters notesnook Mobile
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Streetwriters
Streetwriters notesnook Ios/android
Streetwriters notesnook Web/desktop
Vendors & Products Streetwriters
Streetwriters notesnook Ios/android
Streetwriters notesnook Web/desktop
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Notesnook is a note-taking app. Prior to version 3.3.11 on Web/Desktop and 3.3.17 on Android/iOS, a stored XSS in the Web Clipper rendering flow can be escalated to remote code execution in the desktop app. The root cause is that the clipper preserves attacker-controlled attributes from the source page’s root element and stores them inside web-clip HTML. When the clip is later opened, Notesnook renders that HTML into a same-origin, unsandboxed iframe using `contentDocument.write(...)`. Event-handler attributes such as `onload`, `onclick`, or `onmouseover` execute in the Notesnook origin. In the desktop app, this becomes RCE because Electron is configured with `nodeIntegration: true` and `contextIsolation: false`. Version 3.3.11 Web/Desktop and 3.3.17 on Android/iOS patch the issue.
Title Notesnook vulnerable to RCE via stored XSS in Web Clipper rendering
Weaknesses CWE-79
CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 3, 2026, 3:55 AM
Reserved
Mar 24, 2026, 10:20 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 27, 2026, 10:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 9:10 PM